Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office

Summary

The Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office is a junior ministerial role at the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom.[1]

United Kingdom
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Alex Burghart MP Westminster
Incumbent
Alex Burghart
since 27 October 2022
Cabinet Office
StyleMinister
Reports toChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Salary£102,061 as of 1st April 2022

History edit

Name Portrait Term of office Party Prime Minister
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Jim Murphy   5 May 2005 5 May 2006 Labour Blair III
Pat McFadden   5 May 2006 28 June 2007
Gillian Merron   28 June 2007 24 January 2008 Brown
Tom Watson   25 January 2008 5 June 2009
Dawn Butler   3 November 2009 11 May 2010
Role merged with Parliamentary Secretary for Political and Constitutional Reform[2]
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Role formed out of Parliamentary Secretary for the Constitution[3]
The Lord Bridges of Headley   29 May 2015 12 July 2016 Conservatives Cameron (II)
Caroline Nokes   14 June 2017 8 January 2018 May (II)
Oliver Dowden   9 January 2018[4] 24 July 2019 Johnson (I)
Simon Hart   24 July 2019[5] 16 December 2019
Jeremy Quin   16 December 2019[6] 13 February 2020 Johnson (II)
Julia Lopez   13 February 2020[7] 15 September 2021
Heather Wheeler   8 February 2022 7 September 2022
Brendan Clarke-Smith   8 September 2022 27 October 2022 Truss
Alex Burghart   27 October 2022 Incumbent Sunak

Responsibilities edit

The office holder has the following responsibilities:[8]

  • Supporting the Minister for the Cabinet Office on cross-government delivery and implementation
  • Controls (commercial, digital, property)
  • Commercial models
  • Cyber and resilience
  • Civil Service human resources and Shared Services
  • Fraud, Error, Debt and Grants
  • Geospatial Commission
  • Government Digital Service
  • Government Security Group
  • Infrastructure and Projects Authority
  • Government Property
  • Government Commercial Function
  • Public bodies and appointments policy

References edit

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ Priddy, Sarah (15 October 2017). Ministers in the 2010 Coalition Government. House of Commons Library.
  3. ^ Ministers in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Conservative Governments. House of Commons Library. 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Oliver Dowden CBE MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Simon Hart MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Jeremy Quin MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Julia Lopez MP". Cabinet Office. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Implementation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2021.